1. English Language Arts 9 LA9U3L1+2 “Short Stories”

2. Agenda for the Day 1. Post-Reading of “Gore”. 2. Character Map 3. Eat.of.our.food 4. Post-Reading of “Lamb to the Slaughter” 5. Discussion of bias and stereotyping 6. Workshop: “Creating Dialogue”

3. Post-Reading Are you surprised that Lucas fell for Amy’s performance? What are your reactions to the end of the story?

4. Character Map

5. Journal Entry

6. Post-Reading “Lamb to the Slaughter” Discussion of bias and stereotyping. Where is it evident in the story?

7. Dialogue p. 119 “Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah!”

8. Workshop: Creating Dialogue Group Work: In groups you are going to create a document called “Guidelines for Developing Dialogue”. This document should contain at LEAST 5 tips that will help others write effective dialogue. Each tip should have an example.

9. What’s Coming Up? 1. Closure and challenge….see your lessons. 2. Our Winter Break!!! Any questions??